Chapter 190: The Road Ahead in Mobei (End)

Time passed slowly, but it seemed like a stick of incense burned out in the blink of an eye. The night had just fallen the previous moment, but the next moment, the night watchmen in the camp had already struck the gongs and drums for the second watch.

However, even the noisiest camps would have gone to sleep at this time. In the camps around the fields, except for some specific people on duty beside the sparkling fires, most people must have fallen asleep in each other's arms amid the cold wind. In the night, the only sound was the crackling of the burning bonfire.

Inside the Lulong Army camp, Tian Daocheng was wearing armor but not a helmet. He walked back and forth at the door of a large tent, stroking his chin, and looking at the sky from time to time with a slightly solemn expression.

In front of him, two battalion commanders were waiting quietly with their personal soldiers. Then, some generals in helmets and armor lined up on the left and right, also standing still.

After a long time, a cavalryman came up on horseback, turned over and bowed, "My lord, Liu Yi's camp is now safe and sound, and there are no night patrol guards. There are four unarmored archers on the wall, and there is no arrow tower."

After hearing these words, the two battalion commanders strode out with their swords in hand: "General."

Tian Daocheng nodded, but looked at another general first.

The latter immediately understood and stepped out, saying, "General, we have deployed a circle of people outside after the meal. If Liu Yi manages to escape, we can catch him in time."

"it is good."

Tian Daocheng finally threw out the troop dispatch token to the two battalion commanders and said, "Act immediately. If anyone obstructs, kill them without mercy."

The two men clasped their fists, jumped on their horses, and quickly left with their personal soldiers.

All the generals were relaxed, and some even joked, "General, why don't you give us this good job? We haven't fought in Hengshan City for half a year, and our hands are numb."

Tian Daocheng could not hide the seriousness on his face. He felt that everything was safe, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart. His eyelids kept twitching when he was eating at night, as if something bad was going to happen.

But after thinking about it, he could only attribute it to the fact that he was under too much psychological pressure. After all, the chaos in Yan Territory had entered its final stage. As a commoner in Yan Territory who was trusted by Xiao Yan, he had never had any experience before and was a little nervous.

But he remained calm, and said in a serious tone: "Don't take it lightly. Although Liu Yi's troops are few in number, they do have several hundred brave soldiers. We still have to be careful of other camps making noises. Everyone, go down and control your troops and be careful in dealing with the situation!"

Everyone bowed and was about to leave.

However, at this moment, in this quiet and desolate wilderness, suddenly a flash of fire shot up into the sky, followed by a sharp explosion in the sky.

Almost in the next moment, even Tian Daocheng and others could sense that people in various camps in all directions were awakened by this sudden and sharp sound.

"General!?"

Someone just turned around, but turned back again in confusion.

However, someone pointed to the direction of the fire cautiously and said, "General, that is the camp of Liu Yi's troops!"

Tian Daocheng's reaction was also very fast. Although his heart sank suddenly at first, he shouted loudly: "Pass on this general's order, all camps should immediately put on armor and prepare, guard the main camp, and prepare to suppress the rebellious army!"

"Here!"

All the generals gathered together, stopped walking and ran towards their respective barracks.

At the same time, Tian Daocheng rode his horse into the tent, put on his helmet, drew out a long sword, and strode down.

Next to him, his general kept asking, "General, Liu Yi's troops may have already taken precautions. Can we ask the two battalions to stop their actions?"

"No, we must capture the leader first. If there is any chaos tonight, it must be caused by these people. I will personally climb the wall to guard the camp. You quickly go and tell the commander of the second battalion that no matter what, we must be one step faster than Liu Yi. Let them just focus on killing the enemy. Liu Yi's life or death is irrelevant!"

The general immediately jumped on his mount and galloped away.

Tian Daocheng's face was tense and he walked quickly. Without waiting for the soldiers below to bring his mount, he had already climbed up and hurried towards the eastern wall of the village.

And at this moment, several trumpet sounds suddenly sounded from the north and east.

Tian Daocheng's face changed, he whipped the horse hard, galloped towards the village wall, and then jumped off the horse without waiting for the horse to slow down, and then quickly climbed up the village wall.

As they had been prepared in advance, the village wall was already crowded with people. Soldiers were wearing armor and holding bows, with torches everywhere, all looking alert.

He looked towards the east and saw that there was a sudden commotion in the right camp of the Yan army where Liu Yi was. Balls of fire shot up into the sky. It was obvious that someone had set fire to a tent or something, and it was as bright as day on that side.

Under the firelight, several gates of the camp were wide open, and teams of soldiers were rushing out with swords in hand. There were even some short and strong men who did not even wait to rush out of the gates, but overturned the fences and rushed out.

Some Yan army refugee camps near the village wall, or some other camps, had already been awakened from their sleep by the noise. Countless people rushed out of their simple tents in panic, and then, while they were still confused, they were easily chopped down by the soldiers who rushed out with swords. In addition, countless torches were thrown by these sudden soldiers on the shacks that they used as shelters.

In just a few breaths, the so-called right camp was filled with flames. Amidst countless hideous laughs and shouts, heart-wrenching screams filled the sky, and under the flames, there were shadows of people who were awakened and fled in panic.

Tian Daocheng fiercely grasped the wooden parapet in front of him and gritted his teeth: "What on earth does Liu Yi want to do!?"

Fortunately, the right camp was only about a mile and five or six hundred steps away from the Lulong Army camp, and the two battalions he had sent out had already arrived. Because of the secret operation planned in advance, the cavalry of the second battalion had already wrapped their hooves, but now there was no need to worry about any movement. The two battalions of cavalry were divided into two directions to try to curb the chaotic soldiers who were killing everywhere.

Tian Daocheng felt a little relieved.

However, at this moment, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out from the camp where Liu Yi was.

There were not many cavalrymen, only about a few dozen, but the one in the lead was tall, fully armored, holding a broad sword, and stood out in the firelight.

"General, think of that man as Liu Yi." Someone nearby reminded Tian Daocheng.

The latter clenched his fists and nodded without saying anything.

The next moment, in their sight, Liu Yi, with only dozens of cavalrymen, faced a battalion of 500 cavalrymen, suddenly blocking the latter's advance.

However, the troops of the second battalion were originally intended to capture Liu Yi. The commander of the blocked battalion was overjoyed when he heard this, and of course he directly ordered his cavalry to surround and kill Liu Yi.

However, looking from the direction of Tian Daocheng and his men, although they could not see the overall situation, those dozens of riders were just guarding Liu Yi closely and constantly charging around in the cavalry formation, like a sharp sword. They were able to charge left and right with a small group of men and horses in the siege of 500 riders without even slowing down their horses much.

For a moment, the place was plunged into a fierce battle with deafening shouts and cries of killing.

Tian Daocheng frowned fiercely, his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, he always felt that something was wrong. If Liu Yi wanted to cause trouble, why would he send out that flare?

At first he thought that other camps also responded, but now it seems that is not the case. Although almost the entire right camp became chaotic because of this movement, spreading outward from Liu Yi's camp, the camps that have not been affected just climbed up the wall and watched, and no one moved.

That’s right! That horn sound!
Tian Daocheng slammed the wall hard and shouted, "Beat the drums, tell the other battalion to stop caring about those chaotic soldiers and quickly surround and kill Liu Yi!"

The general next to him responded loudly and walked away quickly.

But as if to confirm Tian Daocheng's idea, at this moment, they suddenly heard a burst of agitation.

Yes, it was the sound of horses’ hooves hitting the ground, rumbling and gathering into thunder, coming from the north and east, so dense that it sounded like wooden hammers hitting a drum.

Tian Daocheng opened his eyes wide and looked towards the east.

Suddenly, a shout and a howl suddenly rose into the sky from the outermost edge of the continuous camp!

The next moment, a wave of frenzy spread rapidly because of this unknown enemy. Fires suddenly lit up from the outermost side. Glancing from the village wall, one could see that the entire mountains and plains were full of cavalrymen, who were madly attacking the entire Yan army camp without any specific targets. For a moment, the already panicked right camp collapsed instantly. Countless old, weak, women and children who were dragged along fled from every corner crying, running around like headless flies.

The so-called right camp of the Yan army suddenly collapsed with several center points. Driven by the cavalrymen who came from nowhere, the dense crowds rushed into the surrounding camps. No matter what camp it was or how tight its defense was, they just rushed in without any purpose.

Looking down from the sky, the crowd was surging wildly, followed by the Mobei and Jurchen cavalry who were constantly hacking and killing each other. In this dark night, countless people were crowded together under the firelight, trampling on each other, pushing each other, and even hacking and killing each other.

The fear of the unknown forced them to run around blindly, but this blind action caused even greater fear.

"Camp Roar."

Tian Daocheng's eyes were red, and he said fiercely: "Liu Yi wants to cause a commotion in the camp!"

All the generals who had rushed over and stood behind him were shocked.

The reason why they waited until this time and acted in secret was to avoid causing unrest, which would cause these tens of thousands of Yan troops to scatter and make it difficult for them to gather together again.

Despite being on guard day and night, Liu Yi actually found a loophole!

All of the generals asked questions at once.

"General, do you want to call back the second camp outside?"

"Don't worry, General. We have thousands of men in our camp, and our defenses are as solid as a rock. We won't be breached by these refugees!"

"But if we don't suppress the camp riot, won't we just sit back and watch these tens of thousands of Yan troops being scattered around by Liu Yi? Wouldn't that ruin General Xiao's plans!"

"Are we going to send out troops in such a situation?!"

By the end, the generals had different opinions and even started arguing.

Tian Daocheng narrowed his eyes and just looked at the cavalry formation that was still fighting.

How did Liu Yi suddenly appear? The Yan army was indeed in disarray, but with the Lulong army in charge, even if there was a nighttime camp roar, it would be easily suppressed. This was why he only let the second battalion capture and kill Liu Yi.

But this guy Liu Yi actually had a group of cavalry hidden. How could there be a group of thousands of cavalry who dared to attack the Yan army camp out of nowhere in the entire Yan area?

Tian Daocheng clenched his fists tightly and finally gave the order: "No matter what, Liu Yi's final target will only be these tens of thousands of Yan troops. Who knows how many people will be left when the day breaks? Xiao Shuai's great cause is about to be accomplished, and he must not be allowed to cause trouble!
Send a message to all the camps. The five commanders of the infantry will guard the main camp (2,500 people), and the infantry commander will take full command. The rest of the cavalry will follow me! Regardless of whether we can capture and kill Liu Yi, we must first suppress the camp's howling and drive away the enemy! Remember, no matter which part of the Yan army we encounter, as long as they are insane and don't obey orders, don't waste time, just kill them without mercy! Don't let them attack our army, quickly control the right camp and prevent the camp's howling from expanding."

"Here!"

The generals stopped arguing and watched the few cavalry generals who were picked out follow Tian Daocheng and hurriedly go down the wall to lead the troops out of the camp.

At the same time, four more cavalry commanders (2,000 men) were deployed to the battlefield, with the sound of horse hooves, heading straight for the chaotic crowd in the right camp.

……

The so-called Right Camp of the Yan Army had a dozen or so camps set up in a sloppy manner, each of which could accommodate 1,800 or even several thousand people. Since the real camp roar began, these camps had been affected, and because Yelu Abaoji personally led dozens of cavalrymen to fight with a battalion of Lulong cavalry, the two nearby camps were even more frightened. The walls of the camp were filled with heads, and no matter what, they were thrown at the crowd below.

As for the crowd below, the people in the front had no way to retreat at all. They were constantly pushed forward by the people behind them, filling the trenches, crashing into the fences, and then being smashed and shot to death by stones and arrows thrown down from the village walls.

You must know that these two camps are the closest to the Lulong Army camp.

Yelu Abaoji held a broad sword in one hand and a long blade in the other, and he did not hold the reins at all, leading his trusted soldiers to charge back and forth in the cavalry formation, his body stained with blood. None of the Lulong cavalrymen who came to intercept and kill him were stronger than him, and he was closely guarded by his subordinates on all sides. He had killed many people in his charge.

At this moment, he slashed a Lulong Army cavalryman's waist and abdomen with his sword, but the long blade that he had stolen was stuck and could not be pulled out. He simply threw away the long blade, and then laughed loudly. He used the long and wide sword in his hand to swing away several spears that were stabbing at him. Finally, he urged his horse to knock away two riders, and with a reach of his long arm, he actually pulled a rider rushing towards him straight off his horse's back.

Then, he shouted loudly, exerted force with his hands, lifted the panicked Lulong cavalryman into the air, and then smashed him down hard.

In a moment, the cavalryman who was knocked to the ground was trampled by countless horses' hooves, and he didn't even have time to utter a scream.

After performing this heroic display, Yelu Abaoji simply picked up the spear from the cavalryman's hand, inserted his broadsword into the saddle beside the horse's back, and charged again with the spear in hand.

At this moment, shouts suddenly came from a distance.

"Commander Tian Du has come in person on the orders of the King of Yan. All troops, calm down. Anyone who causes trouble again will be killed without mercy!"

Following this loud shout, the sound of countless horse hooves was heard.

Yelu Abaoji was tall. When he stood up straight on his horse, he could see in the firelight several large groups of cavalry pouring out of the Lulong Army camp and moving through the already collapsed crowd. After killing countless chaotic soldiers, these large groups of cavalry easily divided the crowd into several groups. These cavalry then galloped close to the crowd, constantly killing the most noisy ones.

"It finally came out."

Yelu Abaoji laughed heartily, then he kicked his horse's belly and swung the spear in his hand like the wind, sweeping away countless cavalrymen who were charging towards him, and he broke out of the cavalry formation with ease.

However, at this time, there were only about ten Mobei knights following him, and they were all panting, obviously having consumed a lot of energy.

A Baoji didn't care, he laughed wildly and said loudly: "Send a signal, let Xiao Dilu and Yelu Helu lead the people to join me!"

A guard beside him took out a signal tube from his arms and raised it to the sky.

Abaoji laughed again, without even looking at the flare that exploded into the sky. He pulled the reins and glanced at the large group of cavalry that had come out and repeatedly charged into the crowd with thousands of people, causing thousands of collapsed Yan soldiers to break away from the crowd and stop running around. He sneered, spurred his horse and rode away, shouting loudly as he galloped.

"In the south, Xiao Yan has already defeated 100,000 Yan troops in Youzhou. All Yan troops are not spared!"

He didn't care whether it was true or not, he just kept shouting. And not only him, but also the guards following behind him and the majority of Mobei cavalry who were constantly joining him from outside also repeated and shouted in broken Chinese.

In the distance, among the Lulong Army Cavalry Brigade, Tian Daocheng's eyes were red, and he pointed his sword in the direction of Abaoji: "Come with two battalions of soldiers and horses, follow me to fight the enemy, we must not let these people lead the army to defeat!"

There were countless responses all around, and in an instant, a thousand cavalrymen formed a large group and followed Tian Daocheng to crash into the Mobei cavalry that was charging in from the periphery.

However, even though Tian Daocheng had dispatched troops as quickly as possible to suppress the camp rebellion, a portion of the crowd still rushed towards the Lulong Army camp.

Below the camp, the deep and wide trench was filled with corpses as the crowd kept pushing forward, and arrows were pouring down like rain.

But in this chaos where there was no distinction between hell and earth, there was a group of several hundred people wearing iron armor and iron helmets, riding horses and divided into several small groups, far away in the distance.

They had long swords on their waists and on their horses' backs. They were short and strong, and their temples under their iron helmets were bald, as if they had no hair.

A tall and strong man looked at the short and strong man beside him and said, "Brother, what should we do?"

Wanyan Agunai, whom he called his elder brother, just shook his head and muttered, "No, no..."

The big man was not in a hurry and just waited aside.

Wanyan Agunai was also exceptionally calm. His small eyes kept scanning the surroundings, and then at a certain moment he looked further away.

“Found it…”

He grinned, called the big man next to him, and gave him some careful instructions.

Then, those small groups of cavalry moved back and forth on the left and right of the crowd, constantly hacking at the refugees and civilians, driving the crowd towards the left camp in the west.

But the Lulong Army camp immediately made a countermeasure. One side of the camp gate was slightly opened, and then a battalion of infantrymen in helmets and armor rushed out, obviously trying to block the crowd that wanted to flee to the left camp.

Suddenly, several groups of cavalrymen suddenly rioted, whipped their horses' bellies violently, made unpleasant whistling sounds, waved their long swords, and instigated the intimidating crowd to rush towards the camp gate.

The crowd and the infantry naturally collided with each other, and were even suppressed and killed one-sidedly by the infantry. However, Wanyan Agunai was overjoyed and gave orders in a cold and fierce voice.

"rush."

The next moment, the hundreds of Jurchen cavalrymen who were divided into several groups merged into one group. Leading the way were thirty strong men in armor, all with ferocious expressions.

They slowly increased their horse speed, bypassed the crowd, then suddenly kicked their horses, drew out their long swords, and began to rush towards the battalion of infantry blocking the camp gate.

Boom——

A gap was opened in the infantry, but the Jurchen cavalry had lost nearly a hundred horses.

"Go again."

Wanyan Agunai held the reins and gave orders coldly.

The big man next to him seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The retreating Jurchen cavalry reorganized their formation without saying a word. They just looked ferocious, sped up their horses, and charged fiercely at the infantry on the other side.

"Go again."

"Go again."

This happened a few times before the captain of the infantry guarding the Lulong Army camp finally reacted and began to transfer infantry from other places to reinforce the camp gate.

However, the situation was already critical. Suddenly, the next moment, the crowd, accompanied by the bloody Jurchen cavalry, finally knocked the rock-steady infantry column to the brink of collapse.

"Don't worry about others, capture Liu Rengong."

Wanyan Agunai waved his whip, pulled out a several-foot-long iron horse from the saddle with his big hand, and led the remaining troops to launch the final charge.

……

In the camp, Liu Rengong had already been awakened. He sat on the bed in a daze, feeling cold and scared.

But he didn't dare to go out of the tent. He just stared at the tent curtain with his eyes wide open, and even his breathing became cautious.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the tent.

……

On the battlefield, Tian Daocheng suddenly heard a rapid drum sound coming from the direction of the camp.

He turned back suddenly and was startled.

Could it be that Liu Yi's original intention was...

The next moment, a crazy laugher shouted loudly: "Yan Wang Liu Rengong has been rescued from the sea of ​​suffering, Xiao Yan will go north soon, if you want to save the Yan army, don't you follow Yan Wang out of danger!?"

No, no.

Tian Daocheng gritted his teeth and ordered his cavalry to continue to advance, vowing to destroy Liu Yi's cavalry in front of them.

But overwhelming shouts immediately rang out from all directions at the same time.

"Xiao Yan will be heading north soon. If you want to save the Yan army, why don't you follow the King of Yan out of danger!"

Afterwards, the Mobei cavalry, who had been fighting with them and dragging Tian Daocheng and others back for reinforcement, began to retreat like a tide, and hearty laughter could be heard faintly from the formation.

"Tian Daocheng? You still lack a few years of experience to fight me!
If you want to kill me, go back and ask your Xiao Shuai to come.

I, Liu Yi, am waiting for him!"

Boom——

Tian Daocheng clenched his fists suddenly, his eyes turned red, and he seemed to have lost his mind.

The generals who were following him shouted, "General, what should we do now?"

"Go back and control the troops. Don't let this guy take them away!" Tian Daocheng gritted his teeth, looked fiercely at the source of Yelu Abaoji's voice, and rode his horse back.

For a moment, the two armies that were fighting in the chaos seemed to disperse as if they were clearly divided.

The crowd that had been in chaos for most of the night was split into two parts in panic at the words "Xiao Yan will be heading north soon", and they went in different directions.

……

At the same time, a team seeking help from the north, led by Shili Qixiang, crossed Gubeikou and entered the territory of Tanzhou.

The road ahead in Mobei may begin to become vague.

This chess piece that jumped out of the board seemed to have ruined the game.

However, people are governed by destiny and are not trapped by destiny.

……

Yingzhou.

Yuan Tiangang picked up the brush and slowly wrote five words next to "Meng Zhixiang" on a yellowed book.

"Yelü Abaoji".

"I want to set up a bet."

(End of this chapter)